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QBE drops PI and D&O insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
... insurance to financial planners and stockbrokers from June onwards following an internal review. In January, the Corporations Act was amended requiring new financial services licensees to have adequate professional indemnity (PI) insurance. QBE's decision ...

Short selling faces revamp

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... superannuation and corporate law, is that the current rules surrounding short selling "isn't clear" under the corporations act. The Senator's comments come after the severe share price plunges of listed companies including childcare group ABC Learning ...

Brushing up market integrity

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... material or price sensitive insider information that has not been disclosed to the market in accordance with the Corporations Act and the ASX Listing Rules," said IFSA and ACSI in the statement. The two bodies also flagged the need for companies to establish ...

ASIC investigates Opes Prime

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... which will work with the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and receivers, to investigate any breaches of the Corporations Act by the firm. The regulator confirmed Opes Prime had been suspended as a trading, settlement and clearing participant of the ...

Super promoter faces trial

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... for Self Managed Capital Australia (SMCA) from 21 superannuants. He was also committed on one count under the Corporations Act of operating an unregistered managed investment scheme. Formerly a director of Comcash Australasia Pty Ltd, Sharland was involved ...

ASIC charges Fundamental adviser

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
... offences including dishonesty and providing investors with false information. Braun faces six charges under the Corporations Act for acting dishonestly while an employee at Fundamental Group and supplying false and misleading information to six investors ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... target Alcan Inc, by exercising its rights under the compulsory acquisition provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act. At 1214 AEDT, the big oil stocks were mixed. Santos had added 21 cents to $13.47 and Oil Search had increased 18 cents to ...

Directors face prison term for lack of disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... Mining Company, following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation. Under the Corporations Act, both directors were found to have controlled shares using offshore entities, provided misleading information to ASIC, and ...

Property developer gets two years jail

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2007
... control. ASIC previously banned Sage from providing financial services for six years under Section 920A of the Corporations Act in August 2005, which means he is banned from working in the financial services industry until August 2011.

Citigroup not guilty of insider trading

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
... Citigroup did not engage in insider trading and did not contravene the conflict of interest provisions of the Corporations Act. ASIC alleged that Citigroup had acted illegally in its trading of Patrick and Toll shares and had breached conflict of interest ...